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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription costs: Cory week day 6c, Sunday 15c, city and suburban carrier 50c weekly, mail in trading area six days 10 dollars yearly, outside trading area seven days 20 dollars yearly, outside U S A 35 dollars yearly. All subscriptions payable in advance.
Labor leaders push toward a 35 hour work week while stressing the value of productive leisure. The piece argues workers must learn to use extra time creatively beyond sports and loafing to enrich culture and society, countering recession fears with optimism.
A column extols Shakespeare performed on stage versus reading alone, noting a revival in venues from the Stratford Festival to school productions. It urges broader public festivals and school programs to curb student distaste from dry introductions and to let Shakespeare truly come alive through actors.
George E. Sokolsky urges reexamining relief payments to job-holders and inmates in DC. He argues some recipients could work, cites presidents and others as examples of active lives, warns against dependency, and calls for Congressional review of relief abuse amid rising unemployment.
A playful note blending ideas about drinking with elephants sea travel and ancient trees on the Pacific Coast. It mentions Oregon firs and California redwoods possibly reaching 5000 years, highlighting the climate.
The piece argues a growing faction in Congress supports government ownership and controls over prices and wages, citing Telstar, antitrust data demands, and proposed mergers. It warns that labor unions resist cooperation, investment wanes with high costs, and automatic technology could boost efficiency. It contrasts with private American telecoms and the tradition of free enterprise.
The writer praises James F. Webb as a shrewd skeptic who doubts Russian space feats and reassures the public. He predicts Webb will outpace experts and expose Soviet claims when they reach the moon, while joking about erasing Russia or cosmonauts.
In Britain, Queen Elizabeth rides a venerable royal coach famed for discomfort since George II’s era. The piece recalls Pershing as the only US General of the Armies with self prescribed insignia, and mentions ancient burial customs in early Christian Britain. It also notes Cologne street machines selling varied goods.
A two man team in Middle town investigates highway failures to find road related causes of accidents. The public may submit safe road improvement suggestions to the Highway Department. A recent double lane Route 73 crash is discussed with ideas like directional arrows and red flasher island markers to prevent wrong way or island collisions.
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